CJ Fenton @cjfenton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This is just a condensed summary Of Hannah-Jones’s essay with a serious error: her daughter now attends a public SEHS, not a private school. 000
CJ Fenton @cjfenton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026I can’t knock NHJ too hard for her initial choice of school for her kid. I know plenty of parents in Chicago and elsewhere who made similar choices to “be part of the solution” with not great results before transferring. Where this goes off the rails is how many red flags she ignores along the way. 110
CJ Fenton @cjfenton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Biggs is trying to walk a compromise line, but it’s also one that won’t work in practice. Communities will vigorously oppose school closings while at the same time refusing to send their own kids to the closure-threatened schools. You’ve either got to do it or don’t from the top down. 010
CJ Fenton @cjfenton.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Days like today make it obvious how many people left Twitter to avoid answering uncomfortable questions about their support for Brandon Johnson. 100
CJ Fenton @cjfenton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026This is the question for 2027 and beyond. Imagine if Rahm did the same thing. 011
CJ Fenton @cjfenton.bsky.social · 29/08/2026A central problem is people who envisioned an elected body overseeing police accountability couldn’t envision people who like police winning elections…in a city that elected men with the name Ricard Daley twelve times. Subpar planning. 010
CJ Fenton @cjfenton.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Needed a profile pic that also serves as a test to see how online someone is… 100
CJ Fenton @cjfenton.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Pour one out for Peter Daou, who I assume is still running Verrit full time. Sad to hear a computer took his job. 000
CJ Fenton @cjfenton.bsky.social · 16/08/2026bike ride observation: you can drink the air this morning. 000
Reposted by CJ FentonGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 11/08/2026"BlueSky can't read" is undefeated in these replies 91888196
CJ Fenton @cjfenton.bsky.social · 31/07/2026The fact that there’s not more people freaking out on BlueSky about this (and the way Johnson’s allies have been handling CPS the last 3 years) really show’s how much of Chicago progressive spaces are dominated by childless people. 041
CJ Fenton @cjfenton.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Making a campaign promise to do something then getting into office and saying “oops! Tuns out I don’t actually have the authority to do that thing, but the fact that I think you should makes me such a good leader!” is a hell of a bit. 010
Reposted by CJ FentonPatrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 06/07/2026if you have the capacity to be a ride-or-die fan of a politician in the year 2026, i don't think you should be allowed to drive a car 349795
CJ Fenton @cjfenton.bsky.social · 27/06/2026💯 Unfortunately the most effective way to win urban elections is to promise voters that operational costs of things never have to go up and let the consequences of that be someone else’s problem. 211
CJ Fenton @cjfenton.bsky.social · 27/06/2026This is an extremely Rahm-coded idea if we’re honest about it. 100
CJ Fenton @cjfenton.bsky.social · 18/06/2026People are getting riled up about this, but building out of public infrastructure is exactly what the TIF program is for. 110
CJ Fenton @cjfenton.bsky.social · 01/06/2026It’s been extremely funny to watch everyone call the Bears’ Indiana bluff. 110
CJ Fenton @cjfenton.bsky.social · 22/05/2026So are we just not doing shame anymore? No one affiliated with CTU feels embarrassed about this? 020
CJ Fenton @cjfenton.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Harden is the type of guy that people on the left would have protested in front of people’s houses over if he was appointed by Rahm. Because he’s Johnson‘s guy, no one in Chicago’s “CPS advocacy” community seems to have an anything to say… 020
CJ Fenton @cjfenton.bsky.social · 08/05/2026the whole North Side shutting down is such a nostalgia trip from when Obama was president. 000
CJ Fenton @cjfenton.bsky.social · 29/04/2026Nah. The NYT reader class needs to leave learn about the American voter. 000
CJ Fenton @cjfenton.bsky.social · 12/04/2026CTU endorsed candidates got their asses kicked in the last school board election. Canceling classes on short notice is like giving the charter school-backed candidates a head start for November. 040
CJ Fenton @cjfenton.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Daniel Biss going on Josh Barro and Megan McArdle‘s podcast will certainly be something that everyone on here will be normal about. 011
Reposted by CJ FentonCJ Fenton @cjfenton.bsky.social · 05/01/2026The knowledge of basic civics on this platform is atrocious. 101
CJ Fenton @cjfenton.bsky.social · 03/04/2026If we’re going to have a stated goal of “police-free schools” then we need to ensure that security matters are handled appropriately, instead of whatever the hell this was. 000
CJ Fenton @cjfenton.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Another candidate felled by saying dumb shit on the internet. 000
Reposted by CJ Fenton🏳️🌈🚲Cole🚄🚟 @coleurbanist.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Idk why people are talking about this today (my post from a few weeks back is making the rounds again too) but I am glad we are talking about how bad Track AIPAC is. 3396
CJ Fenton @cjfenton.bsky.social · 16/02/2026The Abughazaleh campaign has really devolved from “a little grifty” into “abject cynicism” as Biss continues to lead… 020
CJ Fenton @cjfenton.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Ben Joravsky used to insist that Preckwinkle would have been favored to defeat Rahm if only she’d run in 2015… 120
CJ Fenton @cjfenton.bsky.social · 06/02/2026If you want the honest answer, Raja has spent the last decade building a base of support in Chicago’s high education, high turnout, very blue suburbs. Stratton on the other hand has been basically anonymous since her run against Ken Dunkin in ‘16. 021
CJ Fenton @cjfenton.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Given the source this reads like good news for Biss, but the possibility of Fine winning because too many progressives ran vanity campaigns is unsettling and probably requires a change in strategy next time around. 110
Reposted by CJ Fentonwhet moser @whetmoser.com · 12/01/2026this is the guy who wrote a long, completely unironic piece supporting a stephen a. smith run for president 5596
Reposted by CJ FentonJason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 10/01/2026I have a note: journalists shouldn’t post AI slop in a time of national crisis 72574319
CJ Fenton @cjfenton.bsky.social · 05/01/2026The knowledge of basic civics on this platform is atrocious. 101
CJ Fenton @cjfenton.bsky.social · 30/12/2025It makes me sad whenever I see that the Reader has been struggling financially because they’ve been one of the few outlets to actually criticize the current mayor from a progressive POV. In contrast, The Triibe has been behaving as if they work as MBJ’s PR shop. 000
CJ Fenton @cjfenton.bsky.social · 27/12/2025Old Twitter had “main characters”. Bluesky has black holes that ingest all the oxygen on this site. 000
CJ Fenton @cjfenton.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Considering his inability to filter himself from saying stupid stuff is what cost him the runoff in 2023, this is actually probably in everyone’s best interest. 000
CJ Fenton @cjfenton.bsky.social · 07/12/2025The big question is what will the post-Johnson left look like in this city? 010
CJ Fenton @cjfenton.bsky.social · 06/12/2025I've actually seen some local teachers arguing that classroom tech is necessary so that kids know how to use iPads for state tests, and no, that is not, in fact true. 000
CJ Fenton @cjfenton.bsky.social · 03/12/2025For all the lamenting about the lack of plowed sidewalks, it’s REALLY bad in the suburbs today. 000
CJ Fenton @cjfenton.bsky.social · 20/10/2025I don’t know how to break this to people outside Chicago, but Johnson has a sub-20% approval rating and helped start a completely unnecessary feud between the Teachers Union and the SEIU. If you want to unite the working class, you might want to look elsewhere… 010
CJ Fenton @cjfenton.bsky.social · 13/10/2025I keep thinking of how much I missed The Freeze every time I see that ad. 000
